Forgiveness

Lately I've been dealing with the dilemma of forgiving people for events that happened in the past. It's the most empowering thing to be able to forgive someone. But how can we forget what happened? I really wish that it was so simple to move on in a way, I'm just not sure how to yet. If anyone has some good advice, send it my way!

Midterms/ Life

I'm sorry I haven't been posting a lot recently (that's assuming people enjoy reading my blog). For those of you who don't know, this week is midterm week. Holy cow, how time flies! I had a Spanish midterm today, my International Relations midterm tomorrow (wish me insane amounts of luck), my Italian midterm tomorrow, my Art History midterm on Thursday along with another Spanish one and a Communications midterm, and another Italian midterm on Friday. YIKES! The midterm I am fearing the most is my International Relations midterm. It is by far my favorite class and I find the material extremely interesting. However, the midterm sounds terrifying! I have read 320 pages out of one text book, and have to read another 200 pages in the other book (I am already on page). I have gone from never having to study in my life, to studying for one week straight for one test that is only an hour and fifteen minutes long. How is this possible? If someone has an answer, please let me know! But seriously, wish me luck everyone! Also, my motivation to get me through this week is the fact that I will be on academic travel next week! Woohoo! That is quite possibly the best reward for living through midterm week in college, and I get to go on academic travel after every midterm week, how lucky am I?
It's been getting a little difficult being so far away from home, I've begun to miss many things from Oregon. Some things that I particularly miss are my family, my dog, and people who speak English. People speaking English sounds silly, but it is slightly annoying when you go to the doctor and you cannot explain to them properly in Italian what is wrong. I still love it here! But I'm also looking forward to being able to hug my family, I'm halfway to winter break! Yay! Have a good week everyone!

TED Talks

Sorry that I haven't been posting in a while! Here are some videos that cheered me up today, enjoy them!
This is a TED talk remix that my physics class watched last year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDHET3aCI2U
My friend Abbi showed me this one today! For those of you who get the spinny wheel of death while waiting for a page to load, et cetera, you can definitely relate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_6SfMZxoLc&feature=share